Ellen Barkin Quotes

I always did plays. When I was in kindergarten, I got chosen to be Alvin in 'The Chipmunks.' We did a Chipmunks song. I was always a natural performer. It was easy for me. I danced and I sang, and all that stuff. I felt like I'd be something in the arts, but it vacillated between being a dancer and a singer, or whatever.

I always say that I was dancing and acting in the belly. I feel like it's something I was born with and inspired by my family since I grew up backstage, watching them perform. I guess it was just a natural path for me.

I have been very lucky to work in so many new ballets, but that is what a dancer's work is.

I truly love the rehearsal process, those eight hours a day! I really love actors.

Dancers are made, not born.

I love the process of acting, and to turn your passion into a career is the biggest gift.

I think I'll always prefer theater to working in front of the camera. It seems a more distilled form of the craft.

When I started acting professionally, it really felt like an extension of just playing around - it was all very organic.

My experience of performing in Gurgaon has been very satisfying.

I did ballet, jazz and flamenco from when I was five years old. And my professional career started with dancing in musicals.

Some people seem to think that good dancers are born, but all the good dancers I have known are taught or trained.

I'm fascinated with acting now. In retrospect, I was only beginning to chip off the tip of the iceberg with how far I can go or what I was exploring inside of me that I hadn't touched in a while as far as emotional headspaces.

Living in New York and doing a Broadway show is a dream come true. I've been training for this ever since I was five years old. Actually doing it and living my dream is incredible.

Sometimes directors come to me when I have to play some horrible thing, scary or hysterical or crying; they ask, 'Did you study somewhere to be an actress?' No, this is life. That's why I think I don't want to say you need a really bad experience to be a good artist, but bad experiences in your life say something.

Any skill requires training. I took the corporate approach to acting and wanted to develop the necessary skills.

As an actress, my ultimate goal is to create a universal experience in my acting.

My first love is acting, but dancing comes naturally to me.

I started dancing at age three and then got involved in musical theatre and acting around age seven. I think I've probably known since then that I want to be a professional actor.

People think it comes easy to us because we are from a family full of musicians, but I feel it's all about talent.

Every actor believes in his way of performing.

I want to be an artist... an actor who acts really well.

I am a trained classical dancer.

I was always toying with the idea of acting.

I'm the guy coming from Juilliard.

I was always under the impression that acting is an innate gift. One of the first things I heard them say at Koothu-P-Pattarai was that actors should realise the art of acting through their training.